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Sen. Victor Ndoma Egba: Mandate That Works For The People by EMMANUEL UNAH

by crossriverwatch admin His towering political and legal stature notwithstanding, Senator Victor Ndoma Egba, SAN, Nigeria’s Senate Leader is one man whose personality is the product of the influences and inspirations of the forests and creeks that populate Cross River State. Born in Akparabong, a cocoa farming community in Ikom in Central Cross River State,

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Navy Arrest 12 Drug Smugglers, Impound Boat in Calabar

by crossriverwatch admin A Large wooden boat laden with about three thousand bales of textile materials, twenty bags of shoes, one hundred bags of rice and ten cartons of substances suspected to be hard drugs were impounded on Friday by the NNS Victory, Calabar. Arrested along with the boat are twelve alleged smugglers who brought

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Lady Dies After Jumping Into Aya River in Ogoja

by crossriverwatch admin A lady in her early thirties simply identified as Miss Patience this morning jumped from Abakpa bridge into the Aya River and died before rescuers could bring her out of the river. Eye witnesses who spoke to CrossRiverWatch said, a motor cyclist carried her from Igoli and on reaching the Abakpa bridge,

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Boki LG Chair Assures Okwa People of Inclusion

by crossriverwatch admin The people of Okwa Community in Buantsebe Ward of Boki Local Government Council have been assured that they remain an integral part of the Council Area. The Chairman of Boki LGA, Hon Abubakar Ewa gave the assurance at the weekend while inaugurating a primary health center at Okwa 11 recently. The Council

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Immunization is Every Child’s Right – Hon Amadi

by crossriverwatch admin Chairman of Abi Local government Council Hon Mrs Edith Amadi has asserted that the only way to safeguard the future of a child was by immunization, maintaining that it was every child’s right. Hon Amadi made the assertion while flagging off the 2014 first round of Immunization Plus Days (IPDs) for children

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Fuel Scarcity Persist in Cross River as Navy Impounds Ship With 15,000 Tonnes of PMS

by crossriverwatch admin The fuel scarcity which started in Cross River State in the last week of February is persisting and is biting even harder as very few filling stations are dispensing the product to motorists. Calabar, the state capital is the most hit as the product is only available in the black market where

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Cross River Will Suffer If I Don’t Return: “I Did Not Speak To Any Journalist” – Ndoma Egba

by crossriverwatch admin Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba has debunked the publication by News Agency of Nigeria, NAN which was culled by CrossRiverWatch describing it as fiction. The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN had quoted the Senator representing Cross River Central Senatorial District as saying that ‘Cross River will Suffer If i don’t return as Senator’

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Cross River Will Suffer if I don’t Return as Senator – Ndoma-Egba

by crossriverwatch admin The Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba (CRS-PDP), says he will seek the mandate of his constituency and party for a fourth term in the Senate in 2015. He said his state and constituency stand to lose if he is not returned. Mr. Ndoma-Egba, who represents Cross River Central Senatorial District, made this known

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